Kubernetes vs Docker Swarm: A Comparison of Cloud Container Tools

Put simply, Kubernetes is a tool allowing the IT manager to run multiple containers in parallel. Think of it as a container dashboard; if your containers are musicians, then Kubernetes is the conductor.

Docker is a container platform with a panoply of management options for any type of cloud set-up, providing fine control over applications independent of infrastructure. The tool we are interested in is Docker Swarm, a flexible container storage platform which some consider more straightforward to use than Kubernetes.

Let’s get into the differences, overlap and how to choose between them.